Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
(B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD)x2
Verse:
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He was just about 90, he lived a long life
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
A augmentedA bad hip and arthritis kept him up every night
G+G
So he took to a mountain on Saturday morn
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Knew that this was the day that he'd be reborn
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
He was trackin' a grizzly, there was sign everywhere
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
Knew he didn't stand a chance but he didn't seem to care
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
He was gonna go down in one hell of a fight
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So he lit a cigar and gathered his might
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When that bear stood up out of the cave he was in
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Most men would hightail but he stood there and grinned
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
Got off one single shot, man it must have been scary
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
He's gone but he left a cool obituary
(INSTRAMENTAL)
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B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
All they found was a billfold and an old Stetson hat
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Half a cigar and a rocky mountain map
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
His .50 cal Hawken he took everywhere
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Even to his last fight with an old grizzly bear
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When that bear stood up out of the cave he was in
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Most men would hightail but he stood there and grinned
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
Got off one single shot, man it must have been scary
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
He's gone but he left a cool obituary
(INSTREMENTAL)
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
They found a note in his jacket tossed off to the side
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Said his best friend was killed when he was 75
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By a dark grizzly bear that weighed six hundred pounds
(SINGLE STRUM)
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The same one that lay dead next to him on the ground
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When that bear stood up out of the cave he was in
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Most men would hightail but he stood there and grinned
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
Got off one single shot, man it must have been scary
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
He's gone but he left a cool obituary